Opole Voivodeship
Opole Voivodeship is one of the 16 voivodeships of Poland. It is in the south of the country. Its name derived from its capital city, Opole. The region has been a part of Poland since the beginning of the Polish statehood, with many remains of the ancient…| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Top destinations include Opole and Prudnik.
Opole
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Opole is the capital city of Opole Voivodeship, in south west Poland. The historical capital of Upper Silesia was badly damaged during the USSR invasion of Silesia at the end of World War II, but many fine houses in the old town have been rebuilt.
Prudnik
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Prudnik is a town in Opole Voivodeship, in south west Poland. Prudnik is in the historic Silesia region at the confluence of the Prudnik river and its Złoty Potok tributary.
Brzeg
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Brzeg is a medieval town in Opole Voivodeship, Poland located halfway between Wrocław and Opole. It was founded in the middle of 13th century.
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Nysa
Nysa is a medieval town in Opole Voivodeship, Poland. The town of 44,000 inhabitants was an important regional centre during the Middle Ages. Today the centre of the town is a combination of medieval sights and post-war buildings.
Kędzierzyn-Koźle
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Kędzierzyn-Koźle is a town in the Opole Voivodeship in southern Poland. The town actually consists of two historical towns that got merged, being Kędzierzyn and Koźle.
Biała
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Biała is a town in Opole Voivodeship, in south west Poland. Biała is an administrative seat of Gmina Biała. Biała is in the historic Silesia region at the confluence of the Biała river.
Moszna
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Moszna is a small village in south-west Poland in the Opole Voivodeship, known for its notable castle.
Opole Voivodeship
- Type: State with 942,000 residents
- Description: voivodeship of Poland
- Also known as: “Opole Province”
- Neighbors: Łódzkie, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Silesian Voivodeship, and Wielkopolskie
- Categories: voivodeship of Poland and locality
- Location: Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude of center
50.8919° or 50° 53′ 31″ northLongitude of center
17.9321° or 17° 55′ 56″ eastPopulation
942,000Elevation
154 metres (505 feet)Abbreviation
“OP”OpenStreetMap ID
node 505029615OpenStreetMap feature
place=stateGeoNames ID
3337495Wikidata ID
Q54171
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zeeuws—“Opole Voivodeship” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “محافظة أوبولسكي”
- Arabic: “محافظة أوبولي”
- Armenian: “Օպոլյան վոյեվոդություն”
- Armenian: “Օպոլյան վոյևոդություն”
- Asturian: “Voivodatu d’Opole”
- Azerbaijani: “Opole voyevodluğu”
- Balinese: “Voivodeship Opole”
- Basque: “Opoleko voivoderria”
- Belarusian: “Апольскае ваяводзтва”
- Belarusian: “Апольскае ваяводства”
- Bengali: “ওপোল ভয়ভোডেশিপ”
- Bosnian: “Opolsko vojvodstvo”
- Bulgarian: “Ополско войводство”
- Catalan: “Voivodat d’Opole”
- Cebuano: “Województwo Opolskie”
- Chechen: “Ополен воеводалла”
- Chinese: “Opole Séng”
- Chinese: “奥波莱省”
- Chinese: “奧波萊省”
- Crimean Tatar: “Opole voyevodalığı”
- Croatian: “Opolsko vojvodstvo”
- Czech: “Opolské vojvodství”
- Danish: “Voivodskabet Opole”
- Danish: “Województwo opolskie”
- Dimli (individual language): “Opole”
- Dutch: “Opole”
- Dutch: “Woiwodschap Opole”
- Erzya: “Опольскоень воеводства”
- Esperanto: “Opola provinco”
- Esperanto: “Opola Provinco”
- Esperanto: “Opola vojevodio”
- Esperanto: “Opola vojevodujo”
- Esperanto: “Opolio”
- Estonian: “Opole vojevoodkond”
- Finnish: “Opolen voivodikunta”
- French: “Opole”
- French: “Opolskie”
- French: “Silésie d’Opole”
- French: “voïvodie d’Opole”
- French: “Voïvodie d’Opole”
- Galician: “Opole”
- Galician: “Voivodato de Opole”
- Georgian: “ოპოლეს სავოევოდო”
- German: “Oppeln”
- German: “Woiwodschaft Opole”
- German: “Woiwodschaft Oppeln”
- Greek: “Βοεβοδάτο Οπόλε”
- Gujarati: “ઑપોલ વોઈવોડેશીપ”
- Hakka Chinese: “O-pô-lòi-sén”
- Hakka Chinese: “Opolskie”
- Hebrew: “אופולה”
- Hebrew: “אופולסקי”
- Hindi: “ऑपोल”
- Hindi: “ओपोले वोईवोडीशिप”
- Hungarian: “Opolei vajdaság”
- Icelandic: “Opole”
- Ido: “Provinco Opole”
- Indonesian: “Provinsi Opole”
- Italian: “voivodato di Opole”
- Italian: “Voivodato di Opole”
- Japanese: “オポーレ県”
- Japanese: “オポレ県”
- Javanese: “Provinsi Opole”
- Kannada: “ಒಪೋಲ್ ವಾಯಿವೊಡೆಶಿಪ್”
- Kashubian: “Òpòlsczé wòjewództwò”
- Kirghiz: “Ополе воеводалыгы”
- Kirghiz: “Ополе воеводдугу”
- Korean: “오폴레주”
- Latin: “Palatinatus Opoliensis”
- Latin: “vaivodatus Opoliensis”
- Latvian: “Opoles vojevodiste”
- Limburgan: “Woiwodsjap Opole”
- Lithuanian: “Opolės vaivadija”
- Lombard: “Opolskie”
- Low German: “Woiwodschop Oppeln”
- Macedonian: “Ополско Војводство”
- Malay: “Wilayah Opole”
- Manx: “Queiggey Opole”
- Marathi: “ओपोल्स्का प्रांत”
- Mazanderani: “اوپوله اوستان”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Opolskie Séng”
- Mingrelian: “ოპოლეშ სავოევოდე”
- Mongolian: “Ополе муж”
- Northern Frisian: “Oppeln (Prowins)”
- Northern Frisian: “Oppeln”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Opole voivodskap”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Opole-voivodskapet”
- Norwegian: “Opole voivodskap”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Voivodat d’Opole”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Opole voivodscip”
- Ossetian: “Ополейы воеводæйад”
- Papiamento: “Voivodat di Opole”
- Persian: “استان اوپوله”
- Polish: “opolskie”
- Polish: “województwo opolskie”
- Polish: “Województwo opolskie”
- Portuguese: “Opole”
- Portuguese: “Província de Opole”
- Portuguese: “Voivodia de Opole”
- Pushto: “کویافسکو-پومورسکي”
- Quechua: “Opole suyu”
- Romanian: “Voievodatul Opole”
- Russian: “Опольское воеводство”
- Serbian: “Војводство Опоље”
- Serbian: “Војводство опољско”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Opolsko vojvodstvo”
- Silesian: “Ôpolske wojewōdztwo”
- Sinhala: “ඔපොලේ ප්රාන්තය”
- Slovak: “Opolské vojvodstvo”
- Slovenian: “Opolsko vojvodstvo”
- South Azerbaijani: “اوپوله اوستانی”
- Spanish: “Opole”
- Spanish: “Voivodato de Opole”
- Spanish: “Województwo opolskie”
- Swedish: “Opole vojvodskap”
- Swedish: “Opplen”
- Tamil: “ஓபோலே ஓய்வோடேஷிப்”
- Telugu: “ఓపోల్ వోయివోడెషిప్”
- Thai: “จังหวัดออปอแล”
- Turkish: “Opole Voyvodalığı”
- Turkish: “Opole”
- Ukrainian: “Опольське воєводство”
- Upper Sorbian: “Opolske wojewódstwo”
- Urdu: “اوپولے صوبہ”
- Venetian: “Voivodato de Opolski”
- Vietnamese: “Opole”
- Vietnamese: “Opolskie”
- Waray (Philippines): “Opole”
- Western Frisian: “Opole (woiwodskip)”
- Western Frisian: “Opole”
- Western Panjabi: “صوبہ اوپول”
- Wu Chinese: “奥波莱省”
- Yiddish: “אפאלער גובערניע”
- Yiddish: “אפאלער וואיעוואדעשאפט”
- Yue Chinese: “奧波萊省”
- Zeeuws: “Opole”
- Zeeuws: “Woiwodschap Opole”
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